THE 11,306-MILE TEST

FROM THE NORTH, TO THE EAST, THE SOUTH, THE HEARTLAND, AND THE WEST, WE SEE THE USA IN A CHEVROLET TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE NEW MALIBU IS TOUGH ENOUGH TO TAKE ON AMERICA

words motor trend editors

CHEVY’S NEW MALIBU is a hit with auto-scribblers. We insiders are all a-quiver over its sleek and spare styling, engine and transmission stats, posh interior trim, and all the other attributes that Chevy’s P.R. machine has PowerPointed at us. But how’s it going to connect with regular folks who don’t live in Detroit or L.A.? Does this one really have what it takes to lure a once-bitten and twice-shy buying public? To find out, we’ll climb aboard this latest media darling and get out of our element. To "see the USA in [our] Chevrolet." The world has changed a lot since Dinah Shore first warbled that lyric into living rooms on NBC’s “The Dinah Shore Chevy Show” in the late 1950s. Chevy and its domestic rivals took their collective eye off…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2008

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